The Brookshire Grocery Company made a donation of $300,000 to Smith County today, for the reclamation of five fire damaged properties in the heart of downtown. The Smith County Commissioners held a special meeting to accept the donation for the properties, located on the east side of the square, which were damaged in a fire discount generic cialis that occurred in February of 2009.
“We are excited to share this day with Brookshire’s,” County Judge Joel Baker said. “We are so fortunate to receive such a contribution which will allow us to change this site from a tragedy to triumph.”
The donation will be used to stabilize the historic building facades and create a public plaza behind them. The plaza may eventually lead to the entrance of a future courts facility as the commissioners court has previously discussed. Brookshire’s Board Chairman Brad Brookshire commented on behalf of Brookshire’s Grocery Company that he was pleased to be able to make possible the construction of a public courtyard downtown.
“This site has a tremendous historical significance to our family and our company. This is the location of our first Brookshire’s food store that opened in 1928,” Brookshire said.
“We are very proud to be able to do our part to create something that all the public can access and enjoy.”
Judge Baker also thanked local architect Ron Mabry for donating his time to design the plaza space.
“With Ron’s help, we have Amoxil a vision for the future of this site,” he said.